Rapid-fire toy machine gun



Get. 2a, 1924.

RAPID FIRE TOY MACHINE GUN Filed Sept. 18,- 922 H m ml! i f a iz 1,513,552 F. IADAROLA I I Patent ct. 28,

IPTflT OFFICE.

FIORE IADAROLA, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FIORE citizen of the United States, residin in the .city and county of Philadelphia, tate of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Rapid-Fire Toy Machine Gun, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a novel rapid fire toy machine gun adapted for the amusement and entertainment of children and comprises a'body portion having a breech producing mechanism comprising one or v handle located exterior tions of a rapid fire machine gun or the although it isto be 45 organized and th llmited to thegprecise arrangement and or- I genization of 'Jthe'se' more star shaped wheels mounted upon a rotatable shaft which is turned by a crank to the gun body, said star shaped wheels each alternately elevating a resilient strip having a hammering part adapted to impact on its downward movement against a sounding strip carried within the gun body, there being two of the actuating wheels preferably eniployed, from which rapid repeatingsounds may be reproduced simulating the detonasound of-a drum. TY

It further consists of a novel construction of a resonant chamber in which thev sound reproducing mechanisms are positioned having soundfexit ports in the sides and front of the gun" for the emission of the reproduced sounds.

It further consists of other novel,,'features of construction and advantage all as will a be hereinafter fully set forth. For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in the accompanying drawings forms thereof which are-at present preferred by me, since th'ey will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results,

understood that-the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and at my invention is not instrumentalities as herein shown ,and described.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a re id top machine gun, embodying my invention.

Figure 2 reprts a. plan view. of Fig- "star shaped wheels impact alternately upon impact in rapid rib-1mm roY MACHINE eon.

ure 1 with the cover or top thereof re- IADAROLA, a moved.

Figure 3 represents a section on line 3-3 Figure 2.

Figure 4 represents a side elevation of the bottom post or standard upon which the gun is secured, showing alsothe locking means therefor, viewed from a different angle from that seen in Figure 3.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings.

1 deSignates my novel construction of rapid tire toy machine gun, the same comprising a body portion 2 having the breech 3. said body portion being provided with the removable top 4 which is shown in position in Figure -1, and as removed in Figures 2 and 3. 3

5 designates a shaft which extends transversely' through the sounding chamber 6 and rotates on the bearings? and 8 in the side walls 9 of the chamber 6. The shaft 5 may be round or square, as seen in the present instance and upon it is mounted the two 10 which are alike and whose construction and contour will be readily understood from Figure 3, it being apparent that the apices of the star wheels are preferably arranged in staggered order as will be understood from Figure 3.

The hearing or trunnion 8 has a crank handle ll'appliedtor fastened thereto, so that as the handle 11 is rotated the shaft 5 and the pair of star shaped wheels 10 will be rapidly rotated.

12 designates a pair of resilient strips whose rear ends as at 13 are secured between the upper and lower blocks 14 and 15, in the rear of the chamber 6, the free ends of said strips12 being adaptedto be alternately raised by the star shaped wheels 10 and being provided on their undersides with the pendant hammers which are adapted to sounding strip 17 which is secured to the base 18 of the sounding chamber 6.

It will be apparent that idly rotated the resilient strips 12 with their pendant hammers 16 will be alternately raised and owing to the resiliency of the strips 12, the bottoms of said hammers will succession upon the soundas the handle 11, shaft 5 and'star shaped wheels 10 are rap-' the transverse cession of snapping sounds and the sliding bolt 29 being I in Figure 3, thepost 22 is locked Gil) causing a. noise or suclike the detonations of a rapid fire machine gun of the conventional or standard. type, the sound reproductions, being, however, somewhat softened so as not to be diseeable, by reason of the sounds bein repr uced in the sounding chamber 6, t e sounds being emitted from the ports 19 and through the bore 20 of theegun barrel- 21. Ihe ports 19 are preferab y closed by wire gauze or the like, so that children cannot insert their fingers therein, A

In order that the gun may be rotated or pointed up and" down in a manner simulat- 1n afull sized machine gun, I provide the post 32 which has the rooves23 and 24 therein which are adaptefi to be engaged by the threaded stem 25 inv the head 26,theu per end of said post being ivoted as in icated at 27 in the ears of t e block 28 carried by the gun body 2. 1

When the partsare in the position seen 'n I i ure 4, the pivotal connection is (position in the hole 30 through the hea 26, in engagement with the groove 24, holds e parts immovable with respect to the tripod 31.

The head or disc 26 is secured fast to the tripod '31.. It will be understood that the cover 4 being of wow is resonant and augmentsthe sound produced in the sounding chamber 6. v

My novel device can be cheaply constructed for themost part out of wood, if desired, although, of course, certain ofthe parts maybe made 0?, metal, but I have found that by the use of wooden elements the sounds reproduced will clearly simulate the detonation of a standard gun andafiord much amusement and enjoyment to children.

When the parts are in the position seen by the screw 25, and the gun an be pointed up or down. When the parts are in the position seen in Figure 4:, the gun body 2 is locked with respect to. the tripod and its adjuncts. I

While I have shownand described two resilient strips and two star wheels for actuating said strips, I do not confine myself to any specific number obviously be used, and the construction of the star wheels ma be varied. I preferably, however, employ the two star wheels shown with their points arrai g ered'oring strip 17 thereby der so that a rap d succession of t e snap-I ping noises or simulation of detonations' occur. 4 toy embodying my invention afiord since one or more can tage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above descript10n,; and while, I have in the present instance, shown and described a preferred emtice satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the same is susce tible of modification in various particu ars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a rapid body, a sounding chamber therein, a shaft extendin transversely therethrough, a plurality 0 star wheels having their points arranged in staggered order, resilient strips havingtheir rear ends fixed and their free ends adapted tobe raised by the rotation of said star wheels, upperand lower aligning blocks forsecuring the fixed ends of-said strips immovably in position,

pendant hammers on the free ends of said strips, a. transverse sounding strip on the bottom of said chamber and adapted to be impacted upon by the bottoms of said hammers, and sound exits at the side and front of said sounding chamber.

2.- In a rapid fire toy machine gun, a gun body, a sounding chamben therein, a shaft extending transversely therethrough, a plu rality of star wheels in said shaft having their points arranged in staggered order, a plurality of resilient, strips having their rear ends fixed and their free ends adapted to be raised by the rotation of said star wheels, pendant hammers on the free ends of said strips, a transverse sounding strip on the bottom of said chamber and adapted to be impacted upon by the bottoms of said hammers, upper and lower aligning blocks for securing the fixed ends of said strips in position, said fixed ends being secured between the. contiguous ends of said blocks at points above the bottom of said sounding chamber, and a resonant top for said sounding chamber.

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